[ARC5] Antenna Current Meter Needed

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 5 May 2014 at 12:25, J. Forster wrote:

> Do you paint large areas?

Well, it sort of depends on what you mean by "large"...

The top cover for an ARC-5 reciver is "large", but I have also done whole 
RAL cabinets too.

> I'm mostly interested in touching up small
> areas, under 1/4" in diameter. I spray the paint into a saucer, then apply
> with a small artist's brush. I've not gotten good results.

Hmmm.....well....let me think about that for a bit. The first thing that comes to 
my mind about that method is that the amount and consistency of any 
wrinkle paint applied by that method would be too thin and possibly not 
contain all the necessary ingredients to get a good wrinkle.

To get a good wrinkle, the paint has to be thicker than normal.

I have found that I get far better results by stripping all the old paint off and 
completely repainting the whole piece.

Those times I have touched up wrinkle paint in areas under 1/4" in size, 
(usually under 1/8" in size in fact) I have used flat black model paint with 
good effect. The differences aren't very noticable. But the paint had to be 
flat-black, not gloss black. Gloss-black sticks out like a sore thumb.

Ken W7EKB